Horse-cover



(No Model.)

H. REA.

HOE-SE COVER.

No. 314,718. Patented Mar. 31', 1885;

N PETERSv F'lmEn-Lllllngmplwx, Wnslnughm. I) c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HUGH REA, OF VILLAGE GREEN, PENNSYLVANIA.

HORSE-COVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 314,718, dated March31, 1885.

Application filed January 17, 1885. (N0 model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HUGH REA, a citizen of the United States of America,residing at Village Green, in the county of Delaware and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHorse-Covers, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improvement in horse-covers; and it consistsin a cover having the peculiar conformation shown, to which are securedin front buckle -straps and in rear straps and snap-hooks, the formerbeing designed for buckling together the cover under the horses neck,and the latter. for attaching the cover to the breech-rings orbreech-straps; and it also consists in the peculiar construction,combination, and arrangement of the parts, substantially as hereinaftermore fully shown and described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation showing thecover as attached to the animal. Fig. 2 is a plan view of my invention,and Fig. 3 is a detail view thereof.

In constructing my horse-cover I form in the cover A the neck-recess B,and secure to ,the laps B by ordinary means the buckle strap 0, holdingthe buckle O and the coincident buckle -strap These straps are buckledunder the horses neck. The straps D, to which the snap-hooks E are sewedat E, are riveted to the cover on its inner side, the head of the rivetF being enlarged upon a metallic washer, F, on the inside of the cover,and upon a leather washer, G, upon the outside of the cover, whichprevents the blanket being torn where thus secured. The snaphook E,having the strap-eye H and the curved fixed jaw I, is also provided withjaw J, pivoted in the slot is, and actuated by the coiled spring L, andin attaching the cover the snap-hooks are caught in the rings of thebreech-straps, as aforesaid. Thus constructed, a cover is produced atlittle cost which cannot be accidentally dislodged from the back of thehorse.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A horsecover having a strap, D, secured to the under side of cover A,upon each side, by rivets and washers, and having snap-hook E, designedfor attaching the cover to the breech -strap or its rings, substantiallyas shown and described.

2. A horse-cover having straps and snaphooks for attachment to thebreech-straps, secured in the manner as described, in combination withthe strap 0, having buckle O and strap 0 substantially as shown anddescribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

W. WARD, J r., H. L. ,DONALDSON.

